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S'està carregant… Anna and the King of Siam (1943)de Margaret Landon (Autor), Margaret Ayer (Il·lustrador)
Informació de l'obraAnna and the King of Siam de Margaret Landon (1943)
  
No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.   ) Kiri | Dec 24, 2023 |   ) RRabas | Jun 16, 2023 | ) readingbeader | Oct 29, 2020 | However, this book is nothing like the musical (which is often the case), but in a bad way. The story dragged on and on with nothing happening. The flashbacks to Anna's early life served very little purpose. Anna's reactions to Siamese culture were overdone. Naturally, she had strong opinions and beliefs, and was offended by some of the questions, but she was quite stuck-up about a lot of things. And offended quite often. Not just by slavery or whippings, either, but over simple questions, such as how long she'd been married, etc. The book just didn't resonate with me. I found Anna to be dull, dry, and irritating. (  ) book_lady15 | Apr 3, 2020 | In 1862, recently widowed and with two small children to support, British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens agrees to serve as governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam (present-day Thailand), unaware that her years in the royal palace will change not only her own life, but also the future of a nation. Her relationship with King Mongkut, famously portrayed by Yul Brynner in the classic film The King and I, is complicated from the start, pitting two headstrong personalities against each other: While the king favors tradition, Anna embraces change. As governess, Anna often finds herself at cross-purposes, marveling at the foreign customs, fascinating people, and striking landscape of the kingdom and its harems, while simultaneously trying to influence her pupils—especially young Prince Chulalongkorn—with her Western ideals and values. Years later, as king, this very influence leads Chulalongkorn to abolish slavery in Siam and introduce democratic reform based on the ideas of freedom and human dignity he first learned from his beloved tutor. (  ) Gmomaj | Nov 20, 2019 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Fiction.
Historical Fiction.
Anna Leonowens, a proper Englishwoman, was an unlikely candidate to change the course of Siamese (Thai) history. A young widow and mother, her services were engaged in the 1860's by King Mongkut of Siam to help him communicate with foreign governments and be the tutor to his children and favored concubines. Stepping off the steamer from London, Anna found herself in an exotic land she could have only dreamed. It was a lush landscape of mystic faiths and curious people, and king's palace bustling with royal pageantry, ancient custom, and harems. One of her pupils, the young prince Chulalongkorn, was particularly influenced by Leonowens and her Western ideals. He learned about Abraham Lincoln and the tenets of democracy from her, and years later he would become Siam's most progressive king. He guided the country's transformation from a feudal state to a modern society, abolishing slavery and making many other radical reforms.Weaving meticulously researched facts with beautifully imagined scenes, Margret Landon recreates an unforgettable portrait of life in a forgotten exotic land. Written more than fifty years ago, and translated into dozens of languages, Anna and the King of Siam (the inspiration for the magical play and film The King and I)continues to delight and enchant readers around the world. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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